Vehicle-pole



(No Model.)

W. S. TRIPP.

VEHICLE POLE. No. 894,627. Patented Dec. 18, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VRIGHT S. TRIPP, OF DE RI YTER, NE YORK.

VEHICLE-POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,667, dated December18, 1888.

Application filed March 19, 1888.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WRIGHT b. TRIPP, of De Ruyter, in the county ofMadison, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Adjustable Vehicle-Poles, of which the following, takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in adjustable vehicle-poles;and it consists of certain novel details of the construction andarrangement of the same, substantially as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth and claimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionpertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a plan view of my device; Fig. 2, a side view of thesame. Fig. 5-3 is a detail sectional view of one side of the hollowcrossbar and its extension-arm, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of thesocket for the pole.

to represents the vehicle-pole, of any desired size, form, or material,and a is a hollow metallic cross-bar secured across the end of the pole,as shown in the drawings. This cross-bar may be either straight or bentrearward, as herein illustrated, that being a matter of taste orconvenience, and its ends are connected to the pole by braces l),secured to the ends of the cross-bar by suitable clips, 11. Each end ofthe cross-bar a has telescoped within it an extension-bar, 0, having itsend bent at an angle and provided with an eye, 0, for engagement withthe thillcoupling clipped upon the axle, as usual.

It is well known that in nearly every vehicle the distance between thethill-couplings varies, and that in transferring a pole from one vehicleto another it is almost always necessary to alter the location of thecouplings to fit the pole. It is the object of my invention to obviatethis annoyance, and I do it by drawing out or pushing in the ex SerialNo. 267,613. No model.)

tension-bars c, and when properly adjusted they are held firmly in placeby means of a set-screw, (Z, passed through the hollow bar u andimpinging against the extension, and also by the brace-clips l), theends of the hollow bar being split a short distance, as at c, in orderthat the clips may clamp them tirmly down.

The inner ends of the extensions care provided with rubber or elasticpacking-ringsf to prevent any possible rattling.

In use it will be at once seen that the extensions are readily andquickly adjusted to fit any vehicle, and it is therefore a veryconvenient and economical device, since one pole may be used on any oneof a number of vehicles, if desired. The end of the pole is received ina socket, g, having its end grooved and. corrugated to grasp thecross-bar, and a corrugated clip iron, g, on the other side serves, whenbolted tightly, to complete the firm grasp.

It will be noted that the extensions may not only be drawn out fordifferent widths, but are as readily turned up or down to lift or lowerthe end of the pole. This is very con venient in some cases and isquickly done.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combinat ion, with the pole u and hollow crossbar u, havng its endssplit, as shown, of the extensions c, provided with elastic washers ontheir inner ends, the set-screw (l, and brace-clips b, substantially asand for the Din-pose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence oftwo attesting witnesses, at De Ruyter, in the county of Madison, in theState of New York, this 5th day of March, 1888.

WRIGHT s. TRIPP.

\Vitnesses:

GEoRoE D. GODDARD, F. L. SCHILLINGER.

